4 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .
Proceedings pending II. And be it further enacted and ordained. That all Proceedings
in former Court saved.
formerly commenced in or adopted under the said former Court of
Hongkong, and that all Suits and Matters (if any) which may have
been pending at the Date of its Abolition, may be continued or
revived in the said Supreme Court.
Laws of England in III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That from henceforth
force on the 5th day
of April, 1843, to be such of the Laws of England only, and such Portion of the Practice
in force in the Colony of the English Courts, (subject to the Exception of their Applicability
when applicable.
as contained in the said Fourth Section of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845,)
as existed when the said Colony obtained a Local Legislature that
is to say, on the Fifth Day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Forty-three-shall be of Force therein.
Rules and Orders of
IV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That no future
Court to be subject to
Approval of Council, Rule or Order of the said Supreme Court, made in pursuance of the
and to be published. Twenty-third Section of the said Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 , shall be
deemed binding until the same shall be Revised and Approved of by
the Legislative Council of the said Island ; and that all such Rules,
immediately after such Approval, shall be published in one or more
of the Newspapers published within the said Colony.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS
Governor, &c. &c.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 6th Day of May, 1846.
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.